Assessment review

The new inspection framework welcomes a return to placing 'assessment' back into the standards more explicitly..... without the cycle of assessment (initial, diagnostic, formative and summative), learners will be ..... (Ofsted Inspector, January 2013)

Watch the clip below of an Ofsted inspector giving advice to a teacher on how to make the assessment strategy

outstanding.

Complete the quiz below to review your learning on ‘assessment’ to date.

What are the four different types of assessment?

Which type of assessment is used at the very beginning of a programme?

Initial
Summative
Formative
Diagnostic

What type of assessment is completed at the end of a programme of study?

Diagnostic
Initial
Summative
Formative

Which of the following are formative assessment methods?

Presentation

Final exam

Seminar

Quiz

Debate

Controlled assessment

End test

Discussion

Drag into order the sequence of the assessment cycle

Screen/Skills check

Formative assessment

Summative assessment

Initial assessment

Diagnostic assessment

What are the key principles of assessment for learning?

Learners are a part of this process
It is about progress against the curriculum outcomes
It takes place continuously throughout the programme
It is about progress about every aspect of learning

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Read these key texts around the implications of the new CIF (2012) on formative assessment

Activity

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